NSB Middle student to represent district in state Lions Club Peace Poster contest

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Dec 27, 2012 at 5:30 AM

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Jaki Redmond, an eighth-grade student at New Smyrna Beach Middle School, was selected as the first-place winner in the District 35-0 Lions Clubs International 2012 Peace Poster Contest after winning at the local level for the New Smyrna Beach Lions Club. Jaki's poster now moves to the next level for judging with poster winners in all the Florida districts. This year's theme was "Imagine Peace." Second-place winner for New Smyrna Beach was sixth-grader Megan D'Arcy while taking third place was seventh-grader Ashlyn Davis. Receiving honorable mentions were Chaire McDonald and Beth Teagarden, both seventh-graders. Their art teacher is Samantha Hughes. At a recent Lions club meeting the winners, as well as the two honorable mention contestants, were presented a Certificate of Appreciation by club president Norman Orel. The three winners also received a monetary gift. Each year more than 350,000 young people - ages 11, 12 and 13 from all around the world express their visions of peace through art in the contests sponsored by Lions clubs. In selecting the 2012 winner the judges will choose 24 international finalists from which the 2012 international winner will be selected.